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The Department offers
two BS degree programs, one in therapeutic
recreation and one in kinesiology with
concentrations in either teaching physical
and health education, exercise science, or
athletic training. The department also
offers a teaching endorsement in driver
education, and minor programs in health
education, outdoor education and
pre-professional clinical studies. A
variety of activity classes, whose goal is
to develop fitness and skills in life-time
sport and recreation, are offered to all
students. Health and activity classes are
structured to provide students with
knowledge about current health problems
and to help them develop behaviors and
attitudes that will aid in maintaining a
state of optimal health and well-being
throughout the life-span.
KINESIOLOGY PROGRAMS
The Kinesiology curriculum offers programs
of study leading to a Bachelor of Science
degree in kinesiology in three areas:
Athletic Training, Exercise Science, and
in teaching Physical and Health Education
(PHETE). All majors must take a core of
kinesiology theory and skill classes;
then, depending upon interest and career
goals, students will take course work in
one of the following program
concentrations: Athletic Training,
Exercise Science, or in Physical and
Health Education Teacher Education (PHETE).
Therapeutic Recreation
The Bachelor of
Science Therapeutic Recreation degree is
an accredited program of the National
Recreation and Park Association/American
Association of Leisure and Recreation
Council on Accreditation and reflects the
National Council for Therapeutic
Recreation Certification (NCTRC)
competencies. The program exists within
the framework of an allied health
profession, and is a professional
preparation program offering both didactic
and experiential learning designed to
prepare the student for basic-entry level
practice in health and human service
settings.
Longwood's nationally recognized
Therapeutic Recreation program provides
students with a comprehensive foundation
of: liberal arts, biological and health
sciences, social sciences, disability
studies and leisure theory. The technical
aspects of the Therapeutic Recreation
profession are taught within specialty
courses emphasizing professional and
therapeutic communication, program
planning, intervention techniques,
clinical assessment and documentation,
clinical reasoning, management and
research.
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